China Tourist Visa Application Requirements (L Visa)

China Tourist visa is issued to those who intend to go to China for touring, sightseeing or visiting friends. It is usually issued for up to 60 days stay per visit and multiple entry valid up to 10 years for US passport holder, while it is usually issued up to 60 days stay per visit but only for single or double entry valid for 3 or 6 months for non-US passport holder. 10 years visa is not guaranteed. Chinese Consulate may issue you a visa with limited entry, shorter duration and validity at their discretion. In order to apply for China Tourist Visa, please prepare and send in your application according to the detail requirement explained below.

Please prepare your application paperwork according to the instruction below

1 Actual passport, plus a photocopy of the name page

Please submit your actual passport. Visa will be issued in the passport.

Passport should have at least 2 blank visa pages. The last 3 pages in US passports are not visa pages. These are amendment pages, reserved by the US Department of State for amendment to the passport. They won't be acceptable for visas. If your passport has no blank visa pages left, you may add additional visa pages. If you need passport services, please visit our expedited passport services section.

If you have a valid China visa in another passport, you will need to submit that passport together with the new passport when applying for a new visa.

If you are visiting someone in China and don't have hotel reservation, please provide an invitation letter.

Invitation letter must include the following items:
(a) Personal information of the application: name, gender, date of birth, passport number, etc.
(b) Information concerning the applicant's visit to China: purpose of the visit, date of arrival and leaving, places to visit, relationship between the applicant and the inviter, and who will bear the cost of the applicant's accommodations in China.
(c) Information of the inviter: name of the individual, phone number, address and signature of the inviter.

If an invitation letter is provided, a photocopy of inviting person's Chinese Identity card's (Shenfengzhen) both sides is required. If the inviter is not a Chinese citizen, a photocopy of the inviter's passport, together with a photocopy of inviter's China residence permit is required.

Specify your return address by submitting the service request form online. It's OK that your mailing address is different from your home address.

Specify your email address so that confirmation
and status update can be sent to you via email during the process.

Multiple applicants can be entered using one service request form.

Please print two copies of the confirmation page.

Please include one copy with the documents you ship to
us and keep one copy for your record.

6 Payment for visa processing, service and shipping

Chose
A
Service Level

Time
needed

All
Fees

Review

Processing

Shipping

Embassy
Fee

Service
Fee

Shipping

Total

Regular Service

1 day

7-15 days

1 day

$140

$89

$29

$258

Express Service

1 day

5-6 days

1 day

$140

$149

$29

$318

Express Plus Service

1 day

2-4 days

1 day

$165

$179

$29

$373

Express Plus is not available for all states, please click here or call for details.

Processing time means the time Chinese Consulate needs to process visa application. It doesn't include the return shipping time. Day of receiving is not processing day.

Time needed shown is based on business days.

Remarks:

We accept money order, cashiers check, certified check or cash. Please make check or money order payable to VisaRite Service. and write your service request confirmation number in the memo.

You can write the total amount on one check or money order, no need to send separate checks or money order.

Personal check or starter check is not acceptable.

You may also pay by credit card. If you select this option, please fill out and sign one credit card charge authorization form and enclose it in your application package. Credit card payment is subject to 3% surcharge.

If you have paid online, please include a copy of payment confirmation email with your application. Do not send in the credit card payment authorization form if you have paid online.

Return shipping fee listed is for return addresses within the continental U.S. If your return address is in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico or Canada, please include an extra extended delivery area fee of $10.00 per order. If you need to ship back to other international address, additional fee and time is needed, please call for detail.

7 Additional requirement based on jurisdiction

Although the requirement for Chinese visa largely remains the same across different Chinese Consulates, there are some special rules pertaining to each different Consulate. Click here to see if there is additional requirement for your jurisdiction.

8 Additional requirement for minor

Applicants of age 18 and under need to provide a photocopy of their birth certificate and both parents' passport name page.

One of the parents must sign the application form using parent's name in both section 4 and 5.

Minor applicant may be required to provide a notarized letter of consent from the parent, if that parent is not applying for the visa at the same time.